Dogadin/Tokarev - Dmitry Shostakovich: Violin Sonata

Dmitry Shostakovich�s succinctly composed and highly distinctive 24 Preludes have proved their popularity in numerous arrangements, but when the composer heard these transcriptions by Dmitry Tsyganov he declared that �I forgot they were originally written for piano, so naturally did they sound.� The set was completed in 2000 by the Russian-born composer and pianist Lera Auerbach. These often whimsical and ironic Preludescontrast greatly with the chilling and profound Violin Sonata, a late work that concludes with Shostakovich�s last ever use of passacaglia form.